Author: Emma

  • How and Why I Curbed My Book Buying Habit and Some Resources for Choosing Better Places to Buy Books

    How and Why I Curbed My Book Buying Habit and Some Resources for Choosing Better Places to Buy Books

    I wanted to write this post as a follow-up to my latest LTB as it’s something that is important to me, and I have been working really hard over the last year to change my habits and choices around books and reading for the better. For me, it all started a couple of years ago…

  • Let’s Talk Bookish: Buying Books With Intention

    Let’s Talk Bookish: Buying Books With Intention

    Happy Friday! Is anyone bored of me saying I’ve had a busy week yet? Lol! Perks of moving into an old cottage – something ways needs doing! Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly bookish discussion meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and Dini @DiniPandaReads. Each Friday, bloggers will write posts about a particular topic and…

  • I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre – tour review.

    I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre – tour review.

    Happy Wednesday! Today I am taking part in my first blog tour with  TBR & Beyond Tours for I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre. Thank you to Random House Children’s for providing a digital ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A sapphic rival-to-lovers story about two counselors who find an unexpected romance during a summer they…

  • WWW Wednesday: 9/4/25

    WWW Wednesday: 9/4/25

    It’s Wednesday again! These weeks are flying by. I hope you’ve all been reading lovely things. WWW Wednesday is a weekly recap meme hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words, where we share what we’re reading and what’s up next on the tbr. What are you currently reading? I have two books…

  • The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai

    The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai

    Synopsis: Nanami sees nothing wrong with a library and cat combination. But a talking cat is a whole other story. Thirteen-year-old Nanami Kosaki loves reading. The local library is a home from home and books have become her best friends. When Nanami notices books disappearing from the library shelves, she’s particularly curious about a suspicious…

  • Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen

    Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen

    Synopsis: A spellbinding dystopian novel about the lengths one will go to for their children in a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse In a land destabilized by unsafe air, wildfires, floods, viruses, supply shortages, and homegrown terror, Cass is raising three small children by herself in the city. Her husband, Nathaniel, has gone…